Forecast Last Updated at Monday, August 2, 2021 at 6:26PM

Increasing Clouds; Active Weather Ahead

Smoke from the western wildfires may produce some hazy skies at times this evening. Clouds increase overnight along with showers and thundershowers. Tuesday will likely be a washout with rain and thunder off and on most of the day. There could be some heavy rain Tuesday. Temperatures will be cool Tuesday and Wednesday. Wednesday and Thursday are not as wet with rain focused in the afternoon. The end of the week and weekend is looking warm and mostly dry.

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Monday Hi: 81 Lo: 63 Mostly cloudy; Showers or thundershowers developing; Light north wind

Tuesday Hi: 72 Lo: 62 Cloudy; Periods of showers and thundershowers; East wind 5-10 mph

Wednesday Hi: 75 Lo: 62 Mostly cloudy; Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the PM; Light wind

Thursday Hi: 82 Lo: 64 Partly cloudy in the AM; Mostly cloudy in the afternoon; Widely scattered showers and thundershowers in the PM

Friday Hi: 81 Lo: 64 Increasing clouds in the PM; Isolated showers or thundershowers

Further Out

Saturday - Increasing clouds in the PM; Isolated showers or thundershowers; High in the lower 80s; Low in the mid 60s
Sunday - Increasing clouds in the PM; Isolated showers or thundershowers; High in the upper 80s; Low in the mid 60s

Forecast Discussion

Waves of low pressure will ride northeast along a stalled front to our south Tuesday and bring periods of rain and thunder (beginning overnight tonight). Tuesday looks like a washout and temperatures will be cool.

Wednesday looks cool and cloudy with rain mostly focused in the afternoon as the front and low pressure areas move slowly east. Thursday will have more sun as drier air tries to filter in but there remains a chance of afternoon/evening showers and thunder. Temperatures warm a little on Thursday.

Winds begin to turn more to the southeast and south Friday through Sunday and we get more sunshine under control of high pressure smack dab overhead. This means temperatures and humidity levels return to summer like and those pesky late afternoon and evening showers and thundershowers pop up.

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